BENGHAZI: Sign of bad times

You really hit a nerve in your Sept. 13 Editorial, Rathdrum 1, Benghazi 0. I not only salute the man who held the signs “Benghazi” and “Impeach Obama,” but would be honored to stand next to him holding the same signs.

Minimizing the effect of how Benghazi affected each one of us LOCAL citizens makes little sense to me. To infer that “Rathdrum - Help Saturday” might actually make a difference, whereas “Benghazi” and “Impeach Obama” would not make a difference is ludicrous.

Article Two of the US Constitution states that “The President, Vice President, and all other civil Officers of the US shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.”

High Crimes and Misdemeanors entered the text of the Constitution due to George Mason and James Madison. Mason had argued that the reasons given for impeachment - treason and bribery - were not enough. He worried that other “great and dangerous offenses” might not be covered…so Mason then proposed “high crimes and misdemeanors.” In 18th century language, a “misdemeanor” meant bad behavior.

What do you call the Benghazi cover-up? And Hanoi Hillary holding her arms open saying, “What difference does it make?” What do you call failure to enforce existing laws such as illegal immigration? Operation Fast and Furious? The IRS scandal? Our national debt? The list goes on. We are dealing with narcissism on steroids.

Rathdrum 1 - Help Saturday might actually make a difference in Rathdrum. But standing on the I-90 overpass is making a statement to the world. A statement that very well should be listened to and if more of us made this statement, perhaps it could make a difference.

JoANN LOKKEN

Coeur d’Alene